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{{Politics of Toronto}}
Toronto's first mayor, [[William Lyon Mackenzie]], was appointed in 1834 after his Reform coalition won the new City of Toronto's first election and he was chosen by the Reformers. The most recent election to the office of mayor was a [[2023 Toronto mayoral by-election|by-election on June 26, 2023]] in which [[Olivia Chow]] was elected. Chow formally took office on July 12, 2023.

If a vacancy occurs, the ''[[City of Toronto Act]]'' explicitly states that the [[deputy mayor of Toronto]] assumes certain limited mayoral powers, but remains deputy mayor during a vacancy. They do not become an ''acting'' or ''interim mayor''.

==History==
From 1834 to 1857, and again from 1867 to 1873, Toronto mayors were not elected directly by the public. Instead, after each annual election of aldermen and councilmen, the assembled council would elect one of their members as mayor.  For all other years, mayors were directly elected by popular vote, except in rare cases where a mayor was appointed by council to fill an unexpired term of office. Prior to 1834, Toronto municipal leadership was governed by the [[Chairman of the General Quarter Session of Peace]] of the [[Home District Council]].

Through 1955 the term of office for the mayor and council was one year; it then varied between two and three years until a four-year term was adopted starting in 2006. (See [[List of Toronto municipal elections]].)

[[John Tory]], who served from 2014 to 2023, resigned as mayor in February 2023; Deputy Mayor [[Jennifer McKelvie]] had assumed some mayoral responsibilities as a result until a successor was chosen.

The "City of Toronto" has changed substantially over the years: the city [[Annexation|annexed]] or [[Amalgamation (politics)|amalgamated]] with neighbouring communities or areas 49 times from in 1883 to 1967.<ref>{{cite book |author=Derek Hayes |title=Historical Atlas of Toronto |year=2008 |isbn=978-1-55365-290-8 |pages=90–91|publisher=Douglas & McIntyre }}</ref> The most sweeping change was in 1998, when the six municipalities comprising [[Metropolitan Toronto]]—[[East York]], [[Etobicoke]], [[North York]], [[Scarborough, Toronto|Scarborough]], [[York, Toronto|York]], and the [[Old Toronto|former city of Toronto]]–and its [[regional government]] were amalgamated into a single City of [[Toronto]] (colloquially dubbed the "[[merger (politics)#Canada|megacity]]") by an act of the [[Ontario|provincial]] government. The newly created position of mayor for the resulting [[Census divisions of Ontario|single-tier]] mega-city replaced all of the mayors of the former Metro municipalities. It also abolished the office of the [[Chairman of the Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto|Metro Chairman]], which had formerly been the most senior political figure in the Metro government before amalgamation.

According to Victor Loring Russell, author of ''Mayors of Toronto Volume I'', 14 out of the first 29 mayors were lawyers. According to Mark Maloney who is writing ''The History of the Mayors of Toronto'', 58 of Toronto's 64 mayors (up to Ford) have been Protestant, white, English-speaking, Anglo-Saxon, property-owning males.<ref name=mal>{{cite web |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/torontomayoralrace/article/745194--toronto-s-mayors-scoundrels-rogues-and-socialists |title=Toronto's mayors: Scoundrels, rogues and socialist |author=Mark Maloney |work=Toronto Star |date=January 3, 2010}}</ref> There have been three women (Hall, Rowlands, and Chow) and three Jewish mayors (Phillips, Givens<ref name="Phil Givens">
{{cite news
 | title      = Givens Mayor by Unanimous Vote
 | newspaper  = The Globe & Mail
 | date       = November 26, 1963
 | author     = Globe Staff
 | location   = Toronto
 | page       = 1
}}</ref> and Lastman). According to [[Halacha|Jewish religious law]] Tory is also Jewish, because his matrilineal line is Jewish, but he does not consider himself as Jewish.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ghert-Zand |first1=Renee |title = Toronto's new mayor, a member of the United Church, is Jewish|work=The Times of Israel |date=November 7, 2014 |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/torontos-new-mayor-a-member-of-the-united-church-is-jewish/}}</ref>

[[Art Eggleton]] is the longest-serving mayor of Toronto, serving from 1980 until 1991. Eggleton later served in federal politics from 1993 until 2004, and was appointed to the [[Senate of Canada]] in 2005. [[David Breakenridge Read]] held the post of mayor of Toronto for the shortest period; Read was mayor for only fifty days in 1858.

No Toronto mayor has been removed from office. Toronto's 64th mayor, [[Rob Ford]], lost a [[Rob Ford conflict of interest trial|conflict of interest trial]] in 2012, and was ordered to vacate his position; but the ruling was stayed pending an appeal, which Ford won to remain in office.<ref>{{cite news |publisher=CTV News  |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/article/toronto-mayor-rob-ford-to-appeal-his-ouster/ |title=Toronto Mayor Rob Ford to appeal his ouster |access-date=2013-02-16 |date=November 26, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite CanLII|litigants=Magder v. Ford|link=|year=2013|court=onsc|num=263|parallelcite=113 OR (3d) 241|date=2013-01-25|courtname=auto}}</ref> Due to his substance abuse admission and controversy in 2013, Council stripped him of many powers on November 15, transferring them to the deputy mayor.<ref name="strippedofpower" /> From May until July, 2014, Ford took a leave of absence from the mayoralty to enter [[drug rehabilitation]].

==Original City of Toronto era  ==

{| class="sortable wikitable" style="text-align:left; font-size:100%;"
|+ '''Appointed by City Council'''
|- valign=bottom

! width="25px" | No.
! width="180px" colspan="2" | Mayor
! width="180px" | Took office
! width="180px" | Left office
! width="490px" | Prior political experience

|-
|align="center" | 1 || [[File:WilliamLyonMackenzie.jpeg|75px]] || [[William Lyon Mackenzie]] || 1834 (March 27)       || 1835 ||Member of the Upper  Canada Legislative Assembly for York<br />(1829–1834, expelled several times)<br />Alderman for St. David's Ward (1834)

|-
|align="center" | 2 || [[File:Robert Baldwin Sullivan.png|75px]] || [[Robert Baldwin Sullivan]] || 1835 (January 15)  || 1836 || Alderman for St. David's Ward (1835)

|-
|align="center" | 3 || [[File:Thomas David Morrison.png|75px]] || [[Thomas David Morrison]] || 1836        || 1837 || Member of the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada for 3rd York (1835–1840)<br />Alderman for St Andrew's Ward (1834–1836)

|-
|align="center" | 4 || [[File:Kane George Gurnett.jpg|75px]] || [[George Gurnett]] || 1837        || 1838 ||Alderman for St. George's Ward (1834–1850)

|-
|align="center" | 5 || [[File:John Powell.png|75px]] || [[John Powell (Canadian politician)|John Powell]] || 1838        || 1841 || Alderman for St. Andrew's Ward (1837–1841)

|-
|align="center" | 6 || [[File:George Monro.png|75px]] || [[George Monro (mayor)|George Monro]] || 1841        || 1842 || Alderman for St. Lawrence Ward (1834–1835, 1837–1845)

|-
|align="center" | 7 || [[File:Henry Sherwood.png|75px]] || [[Henry Sherwood]] || 1842        || 1845 || Member of the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada for Brockville (1836–1840)<br />Alderman for St. David's Ward (1842–1849)<br />Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada for Toronto (1843–1851)

|-
|align="center" | 8 || [[File:William Henry Boulton.png|75px]] || [[William Henry Boulton|William H. Boulton]] || 1845        || 1848 ||Alderman for St. Patrick's Ward (1838–1843, 1844–1852)<br />Mayor (1845–1847)<br />Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada for Toronto (1844–1853)

|-
|align="center" | – || [[File:Kane George Gurnett.jpg|75px]] || [[George Gurnett]]<br /><small>(2nd incumbency)</small> || 1848        || 1851 || Alderman for St. George's Ward (1834–1850)

|-
|align="center" | 9 || [[File:John George Bowes.png|75px]] || [[John George Bowes]] || 1851        || 1854 || Alderman for St. James's Ward (1850–1853)

|-
|align="center" | 10 || [[File:Joshua George Beard.png|75px]] || [[Joshua George Beard]] || 1854        || 1855 || Alderman for  St. Lawrence Ward (1834–1854)<br />Toronto School Board of Trustees (1850–1864)

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|align="center" | 11 || [[File:George William Allan.jpg|75px]] || [[George William Allan]] || 1855        || 1856 || Alderman for St. David Ward (1849–1855)

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|align="center" | 12 || [[File:John Beverley Robinson.png|75px]] || [[John Beverley Robinson]] || 1856        || 1857 ||Alderman for St. Patrick's Ward (1851, 1853–54, 1856–57)

|-
|align="center" | 13 || [[File:John Hutchison.png|75px]] || [[John Hutchison (mayor)|John Hutchison]]  || 1857        || 1858 (resigned) ||Alderman for St. James Ward (1852–1853, 1856–1857)

|-
|align="center" | – || [[File:William Henry Boulton.png|75px]] || [[William Henry Boulton|William H. Boulton]]<br /><small>(2nd incumbency)</small> || 1858        ||  1858 (resigned November 8) ||Alderman for St. Patrick's Ward (1838–1843, 1844–1852)<br />Mayor (1845–1847)<br />Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada for Toronto (1844–1853)<br />Alderman for St. Andrew's Ward (1858)

|-
|align="center" | 14 || [[File:David Breakenridge Read.png|75px]] || [[David Breakenridge Read]] || 1858 (November 11)      ||  1858 (December 31) || Alderman for St. Patrick's Ward (1858)
|}

{| class="sortable wikitable" style="text-align:left; font-size:100%;"
|+ '''Elected directly by the public'''
|- valign=bottom

! width="25px" | No.
! width="180px" colspan="2" | Mayor
! width="180px" | Took office
! width="180px" | Left office
! width="490px" | Prior political experience
|-
|align="center" | 15 || [[File:Adam Wilson.png|75px]] || (Sir) [[Adam Wilson (judge)|Adam Wilson]] || 1859        || 1861|| Alderman for St. Patrick's Ward (1855)

|-
|align="center" | – || [[File:John George Bowes.png|75px]] || [[John George Bowes]]<br /><small>(2nd incumbency)</small> || 1861        || 1864||Alderman for St. James's Ward (1850)<br />
Alderman for St. James's Ward and Mayor (1851–1853)<br />
Alderman for St. David's Ward (1856)

|-
|align="center" | 16 || [[File:Francis H. Medcalf, Mayor of Toronto, 1864-1866 and 1874-1875.jpg|75px]] || [[Francis Henry Medcalf]] || 1864        || 1867||Alderman for St. Lawrence Ward (1860)<br />Alderman for St. David's Ward (1863)
|}

{| class="sortable wikitable" style="text-align:left; font-size:100%;"
|+ '''Appointed by City Council'''
|- valign=bottom

! width="25px" | No.
! width="180px" colspan="2" | Mayor
! width="180px" | Took office
! width="180px" | Left office
! width="490px" | Prior political experience

|-
|align="center" | 17 || [[File:James Edward Smith.png|75px]] || [[James Edward Smith (Toronto)|James Edward Smith]] || 1867        || 1869|| Alderman for St. John's Ward (1857–1867)

|-
|align="center" | 18 || [[File:Samuel Bickerton Harman.png|75px]] || [[Samuel Bickerton Harman]] || 1869        || 1871|| Alderman for St Andrew's Ward (1866–1868, 1871–1872)

|-
|align="center" | 19 || [[File:Joseph Sheard.png|75px]] || [[Joseph Sheard]] || 1871        || 1873|| Alderman for St. Patrick's Ward (1851–1871)
|-
|align="center" | 20 || [[File:Alexander Manning.jpg|75px]] || [[Alexander Manning]] || 1873        || 1874|| Alderman for St. Lawrence Ward (1856–1858, 1867–1873)
|}

{| class="sortable wikitable" style="text-align:left; font-size:100%;"
|+ '''Elected directly by the public'''
|- valign=bottom

! width="25px" | No.
! width="160px" colspan="2" | Mayor
! width="180px" | Took office
! width="180px" | Left office
! width="490px" | Prior political experience

|-
|align="center" | – || [[File:Francis H. Medcalf, Mayor of Toronto, 1864-1866 and 1874-1875.jpg|75px]] || [[Francis Henry Medcalf]] <br /><small>(2nd incumbency)</small> || 1874        || 1875||Alderman for St. Lawrence Ward (1860)<br />Alderman for St. David's Ward (1863, 1867–1868)<br />Mayor (1864–1867)

|-
|align="center" | 21 || [[File:AngusMorrison23.jpg|75px]] || [[Angus Morrison (politician)|Angus Morrison]] || 1876        || 1878||Alderman for St. James (1853–1854)<br />Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada for North Simcoe (1854–1863) and Niagara (1864–1867)<br /> Member of Parliament (1867–1874)

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|align="center" | 22 || [[File:James Beaty.jpg|75px]] || [[James Beaty, Jr.|James Beaty]] || 1879      || 1880||Alderman for St. James's Ward (1877)

|-
|align="center" | 23 || [[File:William Barclay McMurrich.png|75px]] || [[William Barclay McMurrich]] || 1881        || 1882||Alderman for St. Patrick's Ward (1879–1880)

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|align="center" | 24 || [[File:Arthur Radcliffe Boswell.png|75px]] || [[Arthur Radcliffe Boswell]] || 1883        || 1884|| Alderman for St. George's Ward (1877–1879, 1882)

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|align="center" | – || [[File:Alexander Manning.jpg|75px]] || [[Alexander Manning]] <br /><small>(2nd incumbency)</small> || 1885        || 1885|| Alderman for St. Lawrence Ward (1856–1858, 1867–1873)<br />Mayor (1873)

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|align="center" | 25 || [[File:William Holmes Howland.png|75px]] || [[William Holmes Howland]] || 1886        || 1887||President of the Toronto Board of Trade (1874–75)<br />President of the [[Dominion Board of Trade]] (1874)<br />President of the Manufacturers’ Association of Ontario (1877–78)

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|align="center" | 26 || [[File:Edward Frederick Clarke.png|75px]] || [[Edward Frederick Clarke]] || 1888     || 1891||Member of the Legislative Assembly for Toronto (1886–1894)

|-
|align="center" | 27 || [[File:R. J. Fleming 1906.jpg|75px]] || [[Robert John Fleming (Canadian politician)|Robert John Fleming]] || 1892 || 1893||Alderman for St. David's Ward (1886–1890)

|-
|align="center" | 28 || [[File:Warring Kennedy.png|75px]] || [[Warring Kennedy]] || 1894 || 1895||Alderman for St. John's Ward (1871)

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|align="center" | – || [[File:R. J. Fleming 1906.jpg|75px]] || [[Robert John Fleming (Canadian politician)|Robert John Fleming]]<br /><small>(2nd incumbency)</small> || 1896   ||  1897 (resigned August 5)|| Alderman for St. David's Ward (1886–1890)<br />Mayor (1892)

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|align="center" | 29 || [[File:John Shaw.png|75px]] || [[John Shaw (Canadian politician)|John Shaw]] || 1897 (August 6) || 1899|| Alderman for St. Paul's Ward (1883–1895)<br />Alderman for Ward 3 (1897)<ref>"Mayor Fleming's Fourth Triumph", ''The Globe'' (1844-1936); Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont]05 Jan 1897: 2</ref>

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|align="center" | 30 || [[File:Ernest Albert Macdonald.png|75px]]|| [[Ernest A. Macdonald]] || 1900 || 1900||Alderman for St. Matthew's Ward (1886–1887, 1889–1890)<br />Alderman for Ward 1 (1896)<ref>"IT IS FLEMING: The People's "Bob" Overwhelms Ald. Shaw A DECISIVE MAJORITY The Council of 1895 Was Decidedly Popular RETIRING ALDERMEN ELECTED F. S. Spence and W. T. R. Preston Gain a Footing Mr. Spence Heads the Poll for a Start--The Aldermen and the Aqueduct Question", ''The Globe'' (1844-1936); Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont]07 Jan 1896: 6.</ref>

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|align="center" | 31 || [[File:Oliver Aiken Howland.jpg|75px]] || [[Oliver Aiken Howland]] || 1901 || 1902||Member of the Legislative Assembly for Toronto South (1894–1898)

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|align="center" | 32 || [[File:Thomas Urquhart.png|75px]] || [[Thomas Urquhart (Canadian politician)|Thomas Urquhart]] || 1903 || 1905||Alderman for Ward 4 (1900–1902)

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|align="center" | 33 || [[File:Emerson Coatsworth.png|75px]] || [[Emerson Coatsworth]] || 1906 || 1907|| Member of Parliament for Toronto East (1891–1896)<br />Alderman for Ward 2 (1904–1905)<ref>"Thomas Urquhart Gets Third Term", ''The Globe'' (1844-1936); Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont]03 Jan 1905: 1, 8</ref>

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|align="center" | 34 || [[File:Joseph Oliver.png|75px]] || [[Joseph Oliver (politician)|Joseph Oliver]] || 1908 || 1909|| Toronto School Board Trustee (1885)<br />Alderman for Ward 2 (1895, 1901–1903 (also Board of Control) and 1906)<ref>FLEMING'S JUBILATION: The Mayor Addresses a Large Gathering ENTHUSIASM ON THE STREET The Crowd Rejoices at the Election The Result Regarded as a Triumph for Honest Mothods at the City Hall AN AMAZING VICTORY HIS LAST TERM GRATEFUL TO THE WOMEN WORDS OF CONGRATULATION
Full TextHistorical Newspapers, ''The Globe'' (1844-1936); Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont]05 Jan 1897: 3</ref><ref>HOWLAND IS MAYOR: HisPluralityOver Spence Fully Four Thousand SHAW NOWHERE The Desertion From His Ranks Was Complete SEVEN NEW ALDERMEN Old Members Slaughtered In the Third. Fifth and Sixth WardsMunicipal Gas Plant Favored
The Globe (1844-1936); Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont]08 Jan 1901: 1</ref><ref>"COATSWORTH AND LIQUOR; NESBITT MACHINE WINS: Majorities Against Spence and the Reduction By-laws FIGURES THAT SIGNIFY MUCH Coatsworth's Majorities Greatest in Strongholds of Liquor Men Controller Spence the Only Member of a Civic Board to Fail of Re-election Two Ex-Members and One New Aspirant Elected to the Council Aid. Jones Becomes a Member of the Board of Control No Change in the Board of Education-- Majorities Against the Reduction By-laws Large Controller Spence Attributes His Defeat to Effective Organization Formed For Defeat of Liquor License By-laws-- Coatsworth Calls it Victory of People", ''The Globe'' (1844-1936); Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont]02 Jan 1906: 1</ref>

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|align="center" | 35 || [[File:G. R. Geary, Mayor of Toronto Ontario Canada, 1910-1912.jpg|75px]] || [[George Reginald Geary]] || 1910 || 1912 (resigned October 21)||Toronto School Board Trustee (1904)<br />Alderman for Ward 3 (1905–1908)<br />Toronto Board of Control (1909)

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|align="center" | 36 || [[File:H.C. Hocken 1925 (F1266 it6480).jpg|75px]] || [[Horatio Clarence Hocken|Horatio C. Hocken]] || 1912 || 1914||Toronto Board of Control (1907–1909, 1911–1912)

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|align="center" | 37 || [[File:Tommy Church 1925 (S2360 fl1106 it0001) (cropped).jpg|75px]] || [[Thomas Langton Church]] || 1915 || 1921||Toronto School Board Trustee (1899–1904)<br />Alderman for Ward 2 (1905–1909)<br />Toronto Board of Control (1910–1914)

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|align="center" | 38 || [[File:C. Alfred Maguire.png|75px]] || [[Charles A. Maguire]] || 1922 || 1923||Alderman for Ward 3 (1909–1912, 1914–1917)<br />Toronto Board of Control (1918–1921)

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|align="center" | 39 ||[[File:Bill Hiltz Toronto.jpg|75px]]|| [[W. W. Hiltz]] || 1924 || 1924||Toronto School Board Trustee (1911–1913)<br />
Alderman for Ward 1 (1914–1920)<br />Toronto Board of Control (1921–1923)

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|align="center" | 40 || [[File:Thomas Foster.PNG|75px]] || [[Thomas Foster (Canadian politician)|Thomas Foster]] || 1925 || 1927||Alderman for St. David Ward (1891–1892, 1894)<br />Alderman for Ward 2 (1900–1909)<br />Toronto Board of Control (1910, 1912–1913, 1915–1917, 1922–1924)

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|align="center" | 41 || [[File:Sam McBride.jpg|75px]] || [[Sam McBride]] || 1928 || 1929||Alderman for Ward 3 (1905–1916)<br />Toronto Board of Control (1917–1918, 1926, 1932–1935)<br />Alderman for Ward 4 (1924–1925)<br />Toronto Board of Control (1917–1918, 1926)

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|align="center" | 42 || [[File:Bert Wemp.jpg|75px]] || [[Bert Sterling Wemp]] || 1930 || 1930||Toronto School Board Trustee (1921–1922)<br />Alderman for Ward 2 (1924–1925)<br />Toronto Board of Control (1927–1929)

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|align="center" | 43 || [[File:Mayor W.J. Stewart at desk (F1266 it22905) (cropped).jpg|75px]] || [[William James Stewart]] || 1931 || 1934||Alderman for Ward 5 (1924–1930)

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|align="center" | 44 || [[File:Mayor James Simpson 1935.jpg|75px]] || [[James Simpson (Canadian politician)|James Simpson]] || 1935 || 1935||Toronto School Board Trustee (1905–1910)<br />Toronto Board of Control (1914, 1930–1934)

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|align="center" | – || [[File:Sam McBride.jpg|75px]] || [[Sam McBride]]<br /><small>(2nd incumbency)</small> || 1936   ||  1936 (died November 10) ||Alderman for Ward 3 (1905–1916)<br />Toronto Board of Control (1917–1918, 1926, 1932–1935)<br />Alderman for Ward 4 (1924–1925)<br />Mayor (1928–1929)

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|align="center" | 45 || [[File:William D. Robbins.jpg|75px]] || [[William D. Robbins]] || 1936 (November 18) || 1937 || Alderman for Ward 1 (1913–1917, 1923)<br />Toronto Board of Control (1918–1919, 1925, 1928, 1930–1936)

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|align="center" | 46 || [[File:Ralph Day.jpg|75px]] || [[Ralph C. Day]] || 1938 || 1940 ||Alderman for Ward 1 (1931–1934)<br />Toronto Board of Control (1935—1937)

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|align="center" | 47 || [[File:Toronto Mayor F.J. Conboy.jpg|75px]] || [[Frederick J. Conboy]] || 1941 || 1944||Alderman for Ward 6 (1935–1936)<br />Toronto Board of Control (1937–1940)

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|align="center" | 48 || [[File:Robert Hood Saunders.jpg|75px]] || [[Robert Hood Saunders]] || 1945 || 1948 (resigned February 23) || Alderman for Ward 4 (1935–1936, 1940)<br />Toronto Board of Control (1941–1944)

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|align="center" | 49 || [[File:Hiram E. McCallum.jpg|75px]] || [[Hiram E. McCallum]] || 1948 || 1951 || Alderman for Ward 8 (1941–1943)<br />Toronto Board of Control (1945–1948)  
|}

==Metro Toronto era (1953–1997)==
From 1953, Toronto was part of a federated municipality known as [[Metropolitan Toronto]]. This regional entity had the same boundaries as present-day Toronto, but consisted of the City of Toronto and 12 other municipalities<!-- 3 villages, 4 towns, 5 townships; "borough" wasn't used until 1967. But that level of detail isn't needed here -->, each with its own mayor and council.  From 1953 to 1997, the most senior political figure in the Metropolitan Toronto government was the [[Chairman of the Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto]] (for a list of Metro Chairmen, see ''[[Chairman of the Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto]]''). In 1967, (during the incumbency of William Dennison), an internal amalgamation eliminated the seven smallest municipalities in Metropolitan Toronto.  Of these, the villages of [[Forest Hill, Toronto|Forest Hill]] and [[Swansea, Toronto|Swansea]] were amalgamated into the City of Toronto.

{| class="sortable wikitable" style="text-align:left; font-size:100%; width:100%;"
|- valign=bottom

! width="25px" | No.
! width="160px" colspan="2" | Mayor
! width="180px" | Took office
! width="180px" | Left office
! width="490px" | Prior political experience
! width="212px" | Deputy Mayor

|-
|align="center"| 50 || [[File:Allan Austin Lamport (cropped).jpg|75px]]  || {{sortname|Allan|Lamport}}|| January 1, 1952 || June 28, 1954 || Alderman for Ward 2 (1937)<br />MPP for [[St. David]] (1937–1943) <br />  Ward 3 (1946–1948) <br />Toronto Board of Control (1950–1952)|| N/A
|-
|align="center"| 51 || [[File:Leslie Saunders 1956 (cropped).jpg|75px]] || {{sortname|Leslie Howard|Saunders}}|| June 28, 1954 || December 31, 1954 || Alderman in [[North Bay, Ontario|North Bay]] (1918–1924) <br /> Toronto School Trustee (1936–1938) <br /> Alderman for Ward 1 ([[Riverdale, Toronto|Riverdale]]) (1942–1945) <br /> Toronto Board of Control (1949–1954) || Nathan Phillips
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|align="center"| 52 || [[File:Mayor Nathan Phillips wearing chain of office (cropped).jpg|75px]]  || {{sortname|Nathan|Phillips|Nathan Phillips (politician)}}|| January 1, 1955 || December 31, 1962 || Alderman for Ward 4 ([[St. Andrew (electoral district)|St. Andrew]]) (1926–1955) || N/A
|-
|align="center"| 53 || [[File:Swearing in Donald Summerville as Controller (cropped).jpg|75px]] || {{sortname|Donald|Dean Summerville}}|| January 1, 1963 || November 19, 1963 (died in office) <ref name="Mayor Summerville Dead, Heart Attack at 48">
{{cite news
   | title      = Heart Attack at 48: Stricken Playing Hockey, Mayor Summerville Dead
   | newspaper  = The Globe and Mail
   | date       = November 20, 1963
   | author     = Globe Staff
   | location   = Toronto
   | page       = 1
}}
</ref> || Alderman for Ward 8 ([[The Beaches, Toronto|The Beaches]]) (1955–1958) <br /> Toronto Board of Control (1958–1961) || Philip Givens
|-
|align="center"| 54 || [[File:1969 Philip Givens.jpg|75px]] || {{sortname|Philip|Givens}}|| November 19, 1963 <small>(acting mayor, appointed permanently on November 25)</small><ref name="Phil Givens" /><ref name="Givens becomes Toronto's acting mayo">{{cite news
   | author     = Star staff
   | title      = Givens becomes Toronto's acting mayor
   | newspaper  = The Toronto Daily Star
   | date       = November 20, 1963
   | page       = 1
}}</ref>|| December 31, 1966 || Alderman for Ward 5 ([[Trinity–Bellwoods]]) (1951—1960) <br /> Toronto Board of Control (1960—1963)<br /> President of City Council (1963) || Allan Lamport <ref name="Phil Givens" />
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|align="center"| 55 || [[File:William Dennison (F1257 s1057 it1276) (cropped2).jpg|75px]] || {{sortname|William|Dennison|William Dennison (Canadian politician)}}|| January 1, 1967 || December 31, 1972 || Toronto School Trustee (1938–1941) <br /> Alderman for Ward 2 (Rosedale and Cabbagetown) (1941–1943) <br /> MPP for [[St. David]] (1943—1945, 1948—1951) <br /> Toronto Board of Control (1958–1963) || N/A
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|align="center"| 56 || [[File:Crombie1983 (cropped2).jpg|75px]]  || {{sortname|David|Crombie}}|| January 1, 1973 || August 31, 1978 || Alderman for Ward 11 ([[North Toronto]]) (1969–1972) || Fred Beavis
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|align="center"| 57 || [[File:Fred Beavis, 1962 (cropped).jpg|75px]] || {{sortname|Fred|Beavis}}|| September 1, 1978 || November 30, 1978 || Alderman for Ward 1 (Riverdale) (1956–1978) || [[Anne Johnston]]
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|align="center"| 58 || [[File:John Sewell with Eaton Centre model (cropped2).jpg|75px]] || {{sortname|John|Sewell}}|| December 1, 1978 || November 30, 1980 || Alderman for Ward 7 ([[Regent Park]] and Riverdale) (1969–1978) || Art Eggleton
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|align="center"| 59 ||[[File:Arthur Eggleton Defense Minister of Canada (cropped).jpg|75px]]|| {{sortname|Art|Eggleton}}|| December 1, 1980 || November 30, 1991 || Alderman for Ward 4 (Trinity Bellwoods and Little Italy) (1969–1980)|| N/A
|-
|align="center"| 60 || [[File:June Rowlands by Cavouk c1991 (3x4).jpg|75px]] || {{sortname|June|Rowlands}}|| December 1, 1991 || November 30, 1994 || Alderman/City Councillor for Ward 10 (North Toronto and Rosedale) (1976–1988) <br /> Chairman of the Toronto Police Commission (1988–1991) ||
|-
|align="center"| 61 || [[File:Barbara Hall in television studio (cropped2).jpg|75px]] || {{sortname|Barbara|Hall|Barbara Hall (politician)}}|| December 1, 1994 || December 31, 1997 || City Councillor for Ward 7 (Regent Park and Riverdale) (1985–1994)|| N/A
|}

==Post-amalgamation era==
As of 1998, Metropolitan Toronto and all its constituent municipalities were amalgamated into a single City of Toronto. Under the ''City of Toronto Act, 2006'',<ref>as enacted by the {{Cite canlaw|short title  =Stronger City of Toronto for a Stronger Ontario Act, 2006|abbr =S.O.|year =2006|chapter =11|schedule =A|link =http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/html/source/statutes/english/2006/elaws_src_s06011_e.htm}}</ref> the mayor is the head of council<ref>''City of Toronto Act, 2006'', s. 133</ref> and the chief executive officer<ref>''City of Toronto Act, 2006'', s. 134</ref> of the City.

The deputy mayor is appointed by the mayor from among the elected members of the City Council.<ref name="Norm Kelly appointed deputy mayor">{{cite news |title=Coun. Norm Kelly appointed as Toronto's new deputy mayor |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/article/coun-norm-kelly-appointed-as-torontos-new-deputy-mayor/  |access-date=2014-03-07 |newspaper=CTV News |date=August 19, 2013 |author=CP24 News Staff |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140308064543/http://toronto.ctvnews.ca/coun-norm-kelly-appointed-as-toronto-s-new-deputy-mayor-1.1418001 |archive-date=March 8, 2014 |location=Toronto |url-status=live  }}</ref> The deputy mayor acts in place of the mayor whenever the incumbent is unable to be present to perform his normal functions and duties, assists the mayor, and serves as vice-chair of the city council's executive committee.

On November 18, 2013, city council removed most powers from the office of mayor for the term of the current Council, including chairing the executive committee. These powers were given to the office of the deputy mayor, held by Norm Kelly at the time of the motion.<ref name="strippedofpower">{{cite news|last=Mendleson |first=Rachel |title=Rob Ford stripped of power as mayor by Toronto council| url=https://www.thestar.com/news/city_hall/2013/11/18/rob_ford_stripped_of_power_as_mayor_by_toronto_council.html |access-date=2013-11-18 |newspaper=The Toronto Star |date=November 18, 2013 |author2=Peter Edwards| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131119023639/http://www.thestar.com/news/city_hall/2013/11/18/rob_ford_stripped_of_power_as_mayor_by_toronto_council.html | archive-date=November 19, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> The action occurred after Mayor Rob Ford admitted to drug abuse. On May 1, 2014, Ford started a leave of absence for drug rehabilitation. Kelly took over the remainder of the mayoral duties and powers at that time.<ref>{{cite news |work=680 News |location=Toronto, Ontario |url=http://www.680news.com/2014/05/01/ford-scandal-mayor-takes-leave-after-lewd-audio-alleged-drug-video-emerge/ |title=Ford scandal: Mayor takes leave after lewd audio, alleged drug video emerge |date=May 1, 2014 |access-date=May 1, 2014 |archive-date=September 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180915042315/https://www.680news.com/2014/05/01/ford-scandal-mayor-takes-leave-after-lewd-audio-alleged-drug-video-emerge/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> When Rob Ford returned on July 1, he once again returned to having the duties he had immediately prior to the leave.

On February 10, 2023, Mayor [[John Tory]] announced that he would resign as the mayor, after admitting that he had had a multi-year affair with a former staffer during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Canada|COVID-19 pandemic]]. Tory also said that the relationship had been referred to the City's integrity commissioner for review.<ref name=":14">{{Cite web |date=February 10, 2023 |title=Toronto Mayor John Tory steps down after admitting relationship with staffer |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-mayor-john-tory-statement-1.6745144 |website=[[CBC News]]}}</ref> Deputy Mayor [[Jennifer McKelvie]] performed the duties of the mayor's office with limited powers, until the [[2023 Toronto mayoral by-election|election of Tory's successor]].<ref name=":14" /><ref>{{Cite tweet|number=1624224262214107136|user=cristina_CP24|title=NEW: We have been advised…Mayor is resigning in the coming days-not effective tonight. #topoli #onpoli|author=Cristina Tenaglia|date=February 10, 2023|access-date=February 10, 2023}}</ref> On June 26, 2023, Chow was elected as mayor of Toronto. She took office on July 12, 2023.

{| class="sortable wikitable" style="text-align:left; font-size:100%; width:100%;"
|- valign=bottom

! width="25px" | No.
! width="160px" colspan="2" | Mayor
! width="180px" | Took office
! width="180px" | Left office
! width="490px" | Prior political experience
! width="212px" | Deputy Mayor

|-
| align="center"| 62
|| [[File:Mel Lastman (S2311 fl1616 it0042).jpg|75px]]
|| {{sortname|Mel|Lastman}}
|| January 1, 1998
|| November 30, 2003
| align="left"| North York Board of Control (1970–1973)<br />Mayor of North York (1973–1997)<br />Metro Councillor (1970–1997)<ref name="Mel Lastman sweeps North York">{{cite news| title= Mel Lastman sweeps North York| newspaper= The Toronto Star| date= December 5, 1972| author= Star Staff| pages= 1, 11| quote= All municipal elected officials that won in the 4 DEC 1972 election took office on 1 JAN 1973.}}</ref> 
|| [[Case Ootes]]
|-
| align="center"| 63 
|| [[File:David Miller, Remembrance Day 2009 Toronto (S2311 fl2662 it0057) (cropped 3-4).jpg|100x100px]]
|| {{sortname|David|Miller|David Miller (Canadian politician)}}
|| December 1, 2003 
|| November 30, 2010 
| align="left"| Metro Councillor for High Park (1994–1997)<br /> City Councillor for Ward 19 (High Park) (1997–2000)<br />City Councillor for Ward 13 (High Park) (2000–2003) 
|| [[Joe Pantalone]]
|-
| align="center"| 64
|| [[File:Mayor Ford, New Years Levee at Toronto City Hall.jpg|119x119px]]
|| {{sortname|Rob|Ford}}
|| December 1, 2010
|| November 30, 2014
| align="left"| City Councillor for Ward 2 ([[Etobicoke North (federal electoral district)|Etobicoke North]]) (2000–2010)
|| [[Doug Holyday]] <small>(2010–2013)</small><br />[[Norm Kelly]] <small>(2013–2014)</small>
|-
| align="center"| 65 
|| [[File:Mayor John Tory in Toronto at the Good Friday Procession - 2018 (27264606888) (cropped).jpg|75px]]
|| {{sortname|John|Tory}}
|| December 1, 2014
|| February 17, 2023<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.toronto.ca/news/toronto-city-clerk-receives-mayoral-resignation/ | title=Toronto City Clerk receives mayoral resignation | work=City of Toronto | date=February 15, 2023 | last1=Toronto | first1=City of }}</ref>
| align="left" | Leader of the [[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario]] (2004–2009)<br />MPP for [[Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey (provincial electoral district)|Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey]] (2005–2007) 
|| [[Ana Bailão]] <small>(2014–2022)</small><br />[[Denzil Minnan-Wong]] <small>(2014–2022)</small><br />[[Jennifer McKelvie]] <small>(2022–2023)</small>
|-
| align="center"| 66
|[[File: REUNIÓN CON LA ALCALDESA DE TORONTO, OLIVIA CHOW, 04 DE MARZO DE 2024 (cropped).jpg|frameless|75px]]
|[[Olivia Chow]] 
|July 12, 2023<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.toronto.ca/news/statement-from-toronto-city-clerk/|title=Statement from Toronto City Clerk|last=Elvidge|first=John|date=June 27, 2023 |website=City of Toronto|access-date=June 27, 2023|quote=…the Mayor-elect will take office on Wednesday, July 12…}}</ref>
|''Incumbent''
|align="left" | MP for [[Trinity—Spadina (federal electoral district)|Trinity-Spadina]] (2006–2014)<br />[[Toronto City Councillor]] for Ward 20 Trinity—Spadina (1992–2005)
|[[Jennifer McKelvie]] <small>(2023)</small><br />[[Ausma Malik]] <small>(2023–Present)</small><ref>{{Cite web | title=These city councillors will play key roles in Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow's new term {{!}} CBC News | url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/olivia-chow-committee-appointments-1.6932465 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230810154355/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/olivia-chow-committee-appointments-1.6932465 | access-date=2025-09-20 | archive-date=2023-08-10}}</ref>
|}

==Post-mayoral honours==
A few former mayors have been honoured with places, things or buildings named in their honour. Unless otherwise stated the following are all located in Toronto:
* [[George William Allan]] – [[Allan Gardens]]
* [[William Henry Boulton]] – Boulton Avenue<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leslieville.com/leslieville-and-riverside-real-estate-how-did-boulton-avenue-de-grassi-street-and-morse-street-get-their-names|title=Leslieville and Riverside Real Estate : How did Boulton Avenue, De Grassi Street and Morse Street get their names?|website=Leslieville.com|access-date=May 27, 2018}}</ref>
* [[David Crombie]] – [[David Crombie Park]]
* [[Art Eggleton]] – Art Eggleton Park<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www1.toronto.ca/parks/prd/facilities/complex/73/index.htm |title=Parks, Forestry and Recreation : Art Eggleton Park |access-date=September 28, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170929044329/https://www1.toronto.ca/parks/prd/facilities/complex/73/index.htm |archive-date=September 29, 2017 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>  
* [[Thomas Foster (Canadian politician)|Thomas Foster]] – Thomas Foster Memorial Temple in [[Uxbridge, Ontario]], built by him privately and named after his death.
* [[Barbara Hall (politician)|Barbara Hall]] – Barbara Hall Park
* [[Allan A. Lamport]] – [[Lamport Stadium]]
* [[Mel Lastman]] – [[Mel Lastman Square]]
* [[William Lyon Mackenzie]] – current [[Toronto Fire Services]] fireboat [[William Lyon Mackenzie (fireboat)|WL Mackenzie]] and [[William Lyon Mackenzie Collegiate Institute]]
* [[Alexander Manning]] – [[Arcade Building (Toronto)|Manning Arcade]] (c. 1884 and demolished 1954 after 1953 fires) and Manning Chambers (annex to Old City Hall and demolished to make way for [[Toronto City Hall]] 1960s)
* [[Sam McBride]] – current [[Toronto Island ferries|Toronto Island ferry]] boat ''[[Sam McBride (ferry)|Sam McBride]]''
* [[George Monro (mayor)|George Monro]] – [[Munro Park]] (former amusement park, now residential area) and Munro Park Avenue
* [[Nathan Phillips (politician)|Nathan Phillips]] – [[Nathan Phillips Square]]
* [[June Rowlands]] – June Rowlands Park
* [[Robert Hood Saunders]] – [[R.H. Saunders – St. Lawrence Station]], a power station dam power dam in [[Cornwall, Ontario]]
* [[Joseph Sheard]] – (The Mayor) Joseph Sheard Parkette
* [[Donald Dean Summerville]] – Donald Dean Summerville Swimming Pool
* [[Rob Ford]] - [[Rob Ford Stadium]] in Etobicoke (formerly Centennial Park Stadium)

==See also==
{{Portal|Canada}}
* [[List of Toronto municipal elections]]
* [[Chairman of the Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto|Metro Chairman]] – the most senior political figure in Metropolitan Toronto until 1997
* [[List of reeves of the former townships and villages in Toronto]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Bibliography==
* {{cite book |title=Mayors of Toronto, Volume 1 1834–1899 |publisher=Boston Mills Press |location=Erin, Ontario |year=1982 |last=Russell |first=Victor |isbn=0-919822-77-0 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/mayorsoftoronto0001russ }}

==External links==
* {{cite web |publisher=City of Toronto |title=Chronological list of Mayors of Toronto |date=February 5, 2018 |url=https://www.toronto.ca/explore-enjoy/history-art-culture/mayors-councillors-reeves-chairmen/mayor-reeve-chairman/}}
* {{cite web |title=Toronto's mayors: Scoundrels, rogues and socialists |first=Mark |last=Maloney
 |date=January 3, 2010 |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/city_hall/2010/01/03/torontos_mayors_scoundrels_rogues_and_socialists.html
 |publisher=Toronto Star |access-date=2014-10-28}}

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